Tanks storm south Syria city, US piles on pressure

AMMAN, (Reuters) – The West warned of more pressure  on Syria if a crackdown against pro-democracy protests  continues, hours after tanks stormed a city in the south, cradle  of an uprising against Baathist rule.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that both the  European Union and the United States — which have already  slapped sanctions on a number of senior Syrian officials but not  on President Bashar al-Assad — were planning more steps.

“We will be taking additional steps in the days ahead,”  Clinton said, saying she agreed with EU foreign policy chief  Catherine Ashton, who told